The Septimal System
The most used numerical system in the mainland is decimal. In a decimal system, the count is carried over to the next digit once a multiple of ten has been reached. This is possibly due to the fact that a complete person has ten fingers and ten toes, making the use of counting these in this system easier. The numerical system used by the Amethyst Kindred is Septimal, whereby the count is carried over to the next digit once a multiple of seven has been reached. From a digit point of view, the numbers go:

Septimal	Decimal
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
seven	7
seven 1	8
seven 2	9
seven 3	10
seven 4	11
seven 5	12
seven 6	13
2 seven	14
2 seven 1	15
3 seven	21
4 seven	28
5 seven	35
6 seven	42
forty-nine	49 (7x7)
3 forty-nine 2 seven 5	166 (3x49 + 2x7 + 5)

This system has been exclusively used by the Amethyst Kindred, who view this as a pure way of representing numbers. However the trading of large quantities between nations has developed the need for conversion tables. The rise of other nations and the decline of the Amethyst Kindred over the fourth age have limited the Septimal system to cultural and formal settings.

Writing in Septimal
The following are the characters used to write in septimal. As can be seen, these characters are very simple to write and the characters 5 and 6 are modified versions of 3 and 2, respectively; hardly a tax on memory. The history behind these characters will be appended to this section at a later time.

1	2	3	4	5	6	seven (7)	forty-nine (7x7)	three-hundred and forty-three (7x7x7)